from Auntie-Nanuuq

This is the most recent Hamish Macbeth mystery.....As usual Blair is out to get Hamish via a spy on the force..... Young good looking copper named Cyrill had been busted by the crooked Blair & sent to get the goods on Hamish. In the midst of ditching Cyrill, Cyrill is murdered....Going through Cy...

from kaitanya64

It may just be me, but I feel like M.C. Beaton seems to spend more and more of her time in this series and in the Agatha Raisin series developing the epilogue. The mysteries themselves are well plotted without a lot of improbabilities or loose ends, but she just seems unwilling to let the charact...

from joeydag

There's a theory that English murder mysteries are popular because they end up affirming the idea that there is a moral order to the cosmos to which the story resolves. I think Beaton is pushing against this theory but in a comic and chaotic way. There are some disturbing issues in this story and...

from Romonko

I found that this book was a bit of a disappointment. I have loved Hamish Macbeth for a long time, and enjoyed all the books. I love Hamish and his idyllic life in Lochdubh. I love the recurring characters like Willie Loman and Archie MacDonald. It's like visiting old friends when I read a Hamish...

from Bjace

When Inspector Blair's latest attempt to shut Hamish Macbeth's police station results in the death of a police officer, Hamish, Jimmy Anderson and his constable must sort out a mess of drug and human trafficking and the possibility that police higher-ups may be involved. Both Hamish and his const...